My daughter, who has severe allergies, is starting to feel the spring allergy season too. She was doing very well on her allergy shots, going every other week now instead of weekly but her poor immune system is being taxed to the max. I think I may have to start having her add back in her Allegra until spring is over.

This morning, I went outside to take my daughter to school and sneezed like 20 times in 30 minutes...it felt like my brain was going to trickle out of my nose for a while there!

My allergies make me tired. It's like going on a no sleeping binge for 2 days and trying to rest up with catnaps. I am sleeping ok at night but my nose has been getting stuffy again and normally I don't snore but I did the other night. I tell my hubby that anytime I snore to wake me up because it hurts my throat. So maybe I am not sleeping as well as I thought.

I mean it makes sense really. When allergies act up, it revs up the immune system. After a while, the body can become exhausted from fighting. That's my theory anyway! lol

Maybe what is holding me together is the allegra (you can get it in generic now) which my primary care doc wants me to take for the eczema. I am going to use my personal best peak flow meter to find out how I am doing. It is rain city around here, very grey and dismal, raw and cold. Wore my winter coat yesterday. Took a decongestant last night.

The weather people say that it will get up to 78 this weekend. Will try to hang in there.

Get you some systane or soothe to wash your eyes out during the day. You can use it 30 minutes after the allergy med and up to 15 minutes before the next dose.I personally love the soothe it feels the best.

For your irritated nose, get some Ayr nasel gel. Rub it on heavy, it will help with the redness.I noticed you don't take anything for your hayfever. Do you see an allergist? I take Zyertec for my hayfever and patenase spray.

I use flonase and benadryl at night for my allergies. dr suggested trying muccinex d so I did it was a no go it kept me up for 2 days.im dxed with herniated discs,fibromylagia , scolosis,ddd,athritis, spinal stenosis ,gerd,gastric ulcer,gastroparesis..gallbladder removal 3/23/10.

It's not really bleeding...it's just that skin is scratched up from blowing my nose so much, and sometimes there's a bit of blood from the skin. Would the Ayr nasal gel help with that? Can I get that at a drugstore, or do I need to order it online?

Could I use systane with Alaway as well?

My doctor prescribed flonase, but I never took it because it's side effect was a nose bleed and the skin inside my nose was already sensitive and sore.

Systane never worked that well for me. I have both allergies and Dry Eye syndrome so I use Refresh Optive Sensitive and that seems to work better for both my allergies and DES. But Systane was first "prescribed" to me by my doc for my allergies when I couldn't use prescription Patenol.

And yes, I am pretty sure you can still use Systane with Alaway. Just do it as Couchtater suggested.

I'm still feeling so awful. Zyrtec twice a day isn't helping at all. I did start using Ayr, but it hasn't helped my scratched up nose all that well. I gave in and set up an appt. with the allergist. I think I might start shots...

We have high pollen warnings right now. It's been super high for about a week now. Every morning my throat itches from the pollen. At night my eyes and ears kick in.At least I'm not sneezing (knock wood).